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        <a id="gnome-shell" name="gnome-shell"></a>gnome-shell-3.34.4
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          Introduction to GNOME Shell
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          The <span class="application">GNOME Shell</span> is the core user
          interface of the <span class="application">GNOME</span> Desktop
          environment.
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          This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1
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          Package Information
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                Download (HTTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-shell/3.34/gnome-shell-3.34.4.tar.xz">
                http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-shell/3.34/gnome-shell-3.34.4.tar.xz</a>
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                Download (FTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-shell/3.34/gnome-shell-3.34.4.tar.xz">
                ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-shell/3.34/gnome-shell-3.34.4.tar.xz</a>
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                Download MD5 sum: 692181c1a98be9e5f5b7e8738fd428ce
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                Download size: 1.5 MB
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                Estimated disk space required: 66 MB
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                Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4)
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          GNOME Shell Dependencies
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          Required
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          <a class="xref" href="evolution-data-server.html" title=
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          Recommended
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          <a class="xref" href="../general/gtk-doc.html" title=
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          Runtime Dependencies
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          <a class="xref" href="../x/adwaita-icon-theme.html" title=
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          User Notes: <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-shell">http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-shell</a>
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          Installation of GNOME Shell
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          Install <span class="application">GNOME Shell</span> by running the
          following commands:
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<kbd class="command">mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr -Dsystemd=false .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</kbd>
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          Now, as the <code class="systemitem">root</code> user:
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<kbd class="command">ninja install</kbd>
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          Command Explanations
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          <em class="parameter"><code>-Dsystemd=false</code></em>: Prevents
          installing systemd files, which are not needed in this version of
          BLFS.
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          <code class="option">-Dextensions=false</code>: Do not build the
          <span class="command"><strong>gnome-extensions</strong></span> CLI
          tool. Using this option removes the need for <a class="xref" href=
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          Contents
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">gnome-extensions, gnome-shell,
              gnome-shell-extension-prefs, gnome-shell-extension-tool, and
              gnome-shell-perf-tool</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Libraries:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">None</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/usr/lib/gnome-shell,
              /usr/share/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{shell,st}, and
              /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/</span>
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            Short Descriptions
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                    <a id="gnome-shell-prog" name=
                    "gnome-shell-prog"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>gnome-shell</strong></span></span>
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                    provides the core user interface functions for the
                    <span class="application">GNOME</span> 3 Desktop.
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